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Wageningen UR ( U niversity & Research centre )

Wageningen UR ( U niversity & Research centre ). For quality of life. 6 October 2014, Xueqin Zhu. M ission and domain. to explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life healthy food and living environment:. Behaviour and perception Food security Institutions Consumer

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Wageningen UR ( U niversity & Research centre )

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  1. Wageningen UR (University & Research centre) For quality of life 6 October 2014, Xueqin Zhu

  2. Mission and domain • to explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life • healthy food and living environment: • Behaviour and perception • Food security • Institutions • Consumer • Citizen health, lifestyleandlivelihood • Sustainable agriculture • Nutrition and health • Sustainable fishery • Biomass • Chains • Marine resourcemanagement • Landscape and land use • Nature & Biodiversity • Water management • Competing claims food and food production living environment

  3. Our strengths Research • Top 3 in our domains • Top 100 worldwide in university ranking Education • 75th (Times’ higher education) • 37th ‘Life and agriculture Sciences’ (Shanghai index) • 1st in the NL (Guide to higher education) • 8.000 BSc/MSc-students from >100 countries • >1.700 PhD, 250 graduates/year • 2.475 fte Faculty and staff in 2013

  4. Ourfocus in the Alfabet project Socio-economic analysis of food and the bio-based economy, nature, environment and climate: • Sustainable agro-production • Water • Sustainable use of space/land • Bio-based systems and products • Food, health and behaviour Multi-disciplinary approach: we welcome students of economics & management with strong interests in sustainable production of food, or students of agricultural/natural sciences with strong interests in economics.

  5. Wageningen Campus welcomesyou!

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